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White Citizens Council
The White Citizens Council was an association of white supremicisdt groups made in 1954. -
Brown v Board of Education
Brown v Board of Education was a supreme court case. Brown demand that schools no longer be segregated and we must integrate the youth of the country. -
Lynching of Emmett Till
Emmett till was a 14 black kids who was lynched in 1955. He was lynched due to a white women saying she and her family were offended by Mr Till. -
Rosa Parks Arrested
on December 1, 1955 Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give her seat up to a while person on the bus and move to the back. Parks was later arrested and taken to jail. -
Montgomery bus boycott
Montgomery bus boycott was a boycott in montgomery where all African Americans boycotted the bus services and refused to use them. -
Martin Luther King House Bombing
The Martin Luther King House Bombing was in 1956 and was an act of retaliation by segrogationalists due to the success the of Montgomery Bus Boycott. -
SCLC Founded
Southern Christian Leadership Conference was founded on January 10, 1957 in Georgia. This organization was african american civil rights organization. -
Greensboro sit ins
these sit ins are an act of nonviolent protest against a segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C -
SNCC Formed
The SNCC Formed in 1960 in north Carolina and it was a major civil rights organization in the 1960s. -
Freedom Rides
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who would ride on busses into the south and get in bad segregation situations. -
Detroit Riots
the Detroit Riots were riots in detroit during the 1960. Some Riots led to lots of violence in the streets which is the opposite of whats wanted. -
Bombing of Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth
The Bombing of Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth was a bombing i cant find much info about in 1961. -
Albany Georgia “failure”
The Albany Movement was a desegregation campaign formed on November 17, 1961, in Albany, Georgia. -
Bailey v Patterson
This was a supreme court case that said no state may require racial segregation in 1962. -
Freedom Summer
Freedom summer marked the summer in 1962 where 5.3% of African Americans were eligible to vote in Mississippi and at the time thats huge. -
White mob attacks federal marshals in Montgomery
In Montgomery 400 marshalls were to to montgomery Alabama to control rioting -
Equal Pay Act
The equal pay act was act started 1963 sought to stop non consistent pay to people based on gender. -
March on Washington “I have a Dream”
I have a dream was the title given to one of MLK's most inspirations speeches. The speech was in August of 1963 -
eisenhower sends in Federal Troops
Eisenhower sent Federal troops to Little Rock -
MLK goes to a Birmingham jail
MLK goes to a Birmingham jail because he was protesting the treatment of black people in birmingham in 1963 -
Kennedy sends in Federal Troops
Kennedy sends in Federal Troops into bases near Birmingham on June 2, 1963 because civil behavior is getting very out of hand and must be contained. -
Assassination of Medgar Evers
Medgar evers was murdered on June 12, 1963. Evers was black man affiliated with the NAACP whose president was also assassinated. -
Bombing of a church in Birmingham
The Bombing of a church in Birmingham was the bombing of all the people inside who didn't believe that was going to happed and lots ended up dead. -
JFK Assassination
John Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas Texas while in a parade. Kennedy was shot by a 6.5×52mm Italian Carcano M91/38 sniper rifle. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
These acts started on June 2, 1964. These acts were to be put in place to outlaw mistreatment of other basing behavior off of their race. -
Murders on Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner.
These men were also known as the freedom riders and they were killed on June 21, 1964. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
This was an act in 1965 that tried to eliminate some of the barriers made by states making it hard for african americans to vote. -
Selma to Montgomery March
Selma to Montgomery March was the name for three protest marches in 1965. -
Assassination of Malcolm X
Malcom X was assassinated on February 21, 1965. Malcom X was just about to deliver a speech about an organization made by him before he got shot -
Black Panthers Formed
This was a group formed in 1966 with some very communist ideologies that somewhat anarchy. -
Loving v Virginia
Loving v Virginia was a supreme court decision made during the civil rights movement. In 1967 the supreme court made laws that prevent interracial marriage, invalid. -
Minneapolis Riots
These riots in minneapolis took place in 1967 on plymouth due to civil outrage and people demanding change -
MLK Assassinated
Martin Luther king was assassinated on April 4, 1968 at motel in Memphis. King was shot with a Remington 760 gamemaster. -
Assassination of Robert “Bobby” Kennedy
Bobby kennedy was assassinated on june 5, 1968. Kennedy was running for president at the time and just won the primary vote for California.
